[He isn't convinced. He isn't remotely convinced and that's the worst part of this, that he feels as though he can't push too hard to try and reconcile these things because if he does it's just going to make Marco that much more agitated. The last thing he wants is to make things worse for Marco when he's trying so hard to just keep it together. He'll just have to keep chewing it over privately. He'll... he'll work it out. It's fine. He'll find a solution for this problem. That's what he's good at.]

... Sometimes.

[Stroking Marco's hair is by this point just as much for his own comfort as Marco's. It's a nice repetitive motion that he doesn't have to think about, something to do with his hand to keep him from fidgeting out all his stress.]

But I never -- I mean I never seriously consider it. I couldn't. I have to be doin' somethin', Marco, you know how I am. And sometimes that somethin' is restin' up so I can have enough energy to keep goin' at all, but that's still somethin'.